Christine Victorino comes to the Center for Teaching and Learning with a background in student engagement, pedagogy (constructivist, student-centered, and experiential), instructional leadership, and education research. Christine facilitates the Effective Teaching and Learning course during winter quarter, leads Teaching Well Workshops during the academic year (e.g. Active Learning, Scholarship of Teaching and Learning, Interdisciplinary Collaboration), and helps coordinate the Newer Faculty Orientation during Fall Conference. In addition, Christine is involved in various faculty development initiatives on campus: Junior Faculty Learning Community, Sustainability Book Club, ELIXR (faculty video case stories), WileyPlus (assessment of online materials), and EnACT (Ensuring Access through Collaboration and Technology). Christine also directs the International Computer Engineering Experience (ICEX), a program for Computer Engineering students to conduct engineering work globally, with Prof. Chris Clark (Computer Science).
Christine is currently a Ph.D. student in Education at UC Santa Barbara. She received her M.A. in Educational Leadership and Administration from Cal Poly. Originally from Canada, Christine received her K-12 science teaching credential at the University of Toronto and her B.Sc. at Queen’s University. From 2000-2004, Christine worked at Stanford University coordinating service-learning and international exchange programs. More recently, Christine served as the Coordinator of Citizenship and Community Engagement at the University of Guelph (located in Ontario, Canada), where she developed student experiential programs in Mississippi (post-Hurricane Katrina), Aboriginal communities, Latin America, and Asia. Christine has published articles on civic engagement and international volunteerism as well as presented her work at regional and national conferences.
